Dr. Nilius graduated with his MD in Germany (RUB; Bochum) and France (Louis-Pasteur-University) in 1993 and his DMD 1999 in Munich.
From 1999 to 2004, he attended the University-Hospital Bochum, Freiburg and Zurich for cranio-maxillofacial surgery and received his DDS in computer assisted maxillofacial surgery 2004 in Hanover.
Dr. Nilius has been a visiting surgeon in maxillofacial surgery clinics in different european countries. Within the medical license for Spain and England
Dr. Nilius has been Chairman of the European Institute for facial and dental aesthetics, [EUGEZA Birmingham; Dortmund] since 2005 and Director of the Niliusklinik in Dortmund (www.niliusklinik.de).
Since 1994 Dr. Nilius has been participant of the Operation Smile International, Romania, he organized facial-reconstructive programs all over the world.
Dr. Nilius has been awarded: the Annual award for Chemistry of the German "Jugend-Forscht"-Association, the Annual Dentsply-Prize of the German Association for Dentistry and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (DGZMK/BZÄK 2000), as well as presenting Best-Prize-Scientific-Poster during the NB-World-Tour Germany (Dresden 2006), NB-WT BeNeLux (Maastricht 2008) and Best-Poster Worldwide (Las Vegas 2007), 2nd Prize Scientific-Poster (SIC-Academy-Award, Vienna 2014).
